Alycia Michelle Parks (born December 31, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 40, reached in August 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 27, achieved in September 2023. Parks has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 doubles title at the 2023 Cincinnati Open. She has also won five singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour.
2021: WTA Tour & major debuts, fastest serve record
She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 MUSC Health Open in Charleston, having made it through qualifying as an alternate. She defeated qualifier Grace Min in the first round, before losing to top seed Ons Jabeur in the second.
In her first-round match at the US Open, she tied the record by Venus Williams for the fastest serve by a woman that the tournament had ever recorded (129 mph).
2022: Breakthrough, first top-10 win & doubles title, top 75
In 2022, she made her sixth career main-draw appearance advancing to the second round of the German Open in Berlin as a qualifier. As a result, she climbed to a career-high, up 34 spots from 169 to No. 135, on 20 June 2022.
Ranked No. 144 at the Ostrava Open, she defeated as a qualifier former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková, for her first top-20 win and followed that by defeating world No. 7 and fourth seed, Maria Sakkari, for her first top-10 win to reach her first ever WTA Tour quarterfinal. At the same tournament in doubles, she won her maiden WTA Tour title, partnering Caty McNally.
In December, Parks won back-to-back WTA 125 singles titles in Andorrà and Angers, the latter of which she also claimed the doubles title at alongside Zhang Shuai. As a result of these successes, she reached the top 75 in singles and top 60 in doubles.
2023: First singles title & top-5 win, top 40, WTA 1000 doubles title
As the top seed in the qualifying draw at the 2023 Australian Open, Parks lost in the second round to Sára Bejlek. At the same tournament, partnering with Oksana Kalashnikova, she reached the third round in doubles on her debut at this major losing to eventual champions, Barbora Krejčíková and Katerina Siniaková.
At the Lyon Open, she reached her first tour semifinal defeating Julia Grabher, fourth seed Petra Martić and seventh seeded Danka Kovinić. She defeated Maryna Zanevska to reach her first WTA Tour final. Next, she defeated top seed Caroline Garcia, recording her first top-5 win, to claim her maiden career title. As a result, she moved to new career-highs in the top 50, in doubles of No. 43 on February 13, 2023, and in singles of No. 50 on February 27, 2023.
At the Madrid Open, she defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová and 15th seed Viktoria Azarenka, in straight sets, to move into the third round for the first time at a WTA 1000 level. She lost to 18th seed Martina Trevisan.
Parks reached her second WTA Tour doubles final in Birmingham with Storm Hunter, losing to Barbora Krejčíková and Marta Kostyuk.
She qualified for Wimbledon and defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam in the first round, before losing to Ana Bogdan. Parks also reached the second rounds of the Canadian Open, losing to Belinda Bencic, and in Cincinnati, losing to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. In the doubles at the Cincinnati tournament, Parks paired with Taylor Townsend for the first time, going on to win title, defeating third seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final.
2024: Australian Open third round, back to top 100
At the Australian Open, Parks reached the third round of a major for the first time in her career with wins over Daria Snigur and 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez, before being eliminated in the third round by fourth seed Coco Gauff in straight sets. Despite this result, she fell out of the top 100 on February 5, 2024, not being able to defend her points from the Lyon Open which was cancelled in the 2024 season.
In doubles, at the Miami Open, she reached the semifinals with Asia Muhammad before losing to second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe. As a result, she returned to the top 30 in the doubles rankings, at No. 29 on April 1.
Parks won the title at the WTA 125 Veneto Open, defeating eighth seed Bernarda Pera in straight sets in the final.